How To Finish Reclaimed Wood Flooring

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How to finish reclaimed wood flooring.

The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the wood. Make sure not to use too much. I bought some wood off of craigslist. Your first goal in maintaining your reclaimed wood floor s appearance is to protect the finish from wear and damage.

The instructable will describe how i went through the process of getting the wood ready to plane usin. The fellow said it was redwood from a barn. I decided to restore it rather than using it with the aged look. The beauty of reclaimed wood with the practicality of engineered flooring.

The hardwood grooves and knotholes along with the already worn finish creates personality in flooring that you would be hard pressed to find in a newly honed piece of lumber. How to prepare reclaimed wood. By using reclaimed wood flooring you can save trees and get an extremely beautiful floor at the same time. Keep floors clear of dirt sand and other grit.

Regardless of the finish oil based water based etc or the type of flooring hardwood or softwood etc these steps are the same. Reclaimed engineered wood flooring may sound like an oxymoron but aged woods has just that. Everyone wants to add the charm of reclaimed wood in their homes offices retail stores and restaurants. 3mm of reclaimed antique wood laid over a nine layer substrate of plywood.

We also do a ton of reclaimed heart pine that is sold in original surface or clean milled. When small pieces of grit are caught. I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin you guys this stuff is amazing. Step 1 measure.

We typically deal in reclaimed barnwood sold as a mixed species or as a red oak white oak mix that is original surface. When cleaning reclaimed wood floors a swiffer is a great cleaning tool. Use either a chemical stripper applying and remove according to the product instructions or floor sanders a drum. The advantage of reclaimed wood floors is that it is difficult to tell if the floors are truly dirty due to the flaws and color variations.

Many people claim that maintenance for these floors is an easy job. Strip the existing finish if any from your reclaimed hardwood flooring. Reclaimed wood flooring is becoming very popular because of the global environmental crisis and its accompanying green movement. Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish.

Wood flooring from reclaimed lumber is in a revival period. The renovation project is chronicled in her blog http cathyhobb. If there is a hot sticky spot a damp cloth will work.